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S. P. SCOTT. CARRIAGE GURTAIN FASTENER.

No. 401,720. Patented Apr. 16, 1889.

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SAMUEL P. SCOTT, OF I'IILLS'I'EOROUGI-I, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE STAR MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,720, dated April 16, 1889.

Application filed January 10,1889. Serial No. 295,940. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P. SCOTT, of Hillsborough, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Curtain Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved curtain-fastener in position and a curtain buttoned thereon. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the fastener in the position for unbuttoning the curtain. Fig. 3 is a top plan view; Fig. 4:, a vertical central section of the same. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of the parts assembled but disunited.

This invention is. a carriage-curtain fastener, and itis an improvement on the present state of the art, its objectbeing to simplify and cheapen the construction of such fasteners without impairing the utility thereof.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the fastener, which consists of four partsa pin, B, a base-piece, D, a spring, F, and a cap-piece or head, G. Pin B is cut or stamped from wire of suitable size, orit might be cast, and in making one end thereof is formed with two diametrically-opposite laterally-projecting ears, O O, the outer faces of which are flush with the end surface of the pin. The other extremity of the pin may be screw-threaded or otherwise formed, so that it may be conveniently secured to the framework of a vehicle in properposition, Base D is oval-shaped in lateral section, and has a central bore, (1, corresponding in diameter to pin B at bottom, but enlarged at E; and c is an annular flange surrounding the outer end of bore E and projecting beyond the face of and armed with base D.

F is a coiled spring, which fits within en largement E, around pin B. lIead G is oval in lateral section, and has its outer face rounded off, as shown, to facilitate buttoning of the 'irtain thereover. I g is acentral bore through nead G, corresponding in diameter to pin B. Alt-he outer end of said bore, or in the rounded face of head G, are diametrieally-opposite pairs of notches, II II and h 71, the notches H lying in line with each other and at right angles to notches h. In the under surface of head G the bore g is enlarged, as at I, the enlargemeut corresponding in diameter and depth to the diameter and height of flange 6 of the base.

The parts being assembled, head G is slipped on pin B until its notches H or 71. are engaged by the ears 0 O thereof. Spring F is then slipped on the pin, its end resting in enlargement I of the head. Base D is then slipped on the pin, so that the other end of spring F is received in enlargement E, and the base is moved toward head G until its flange e coincides with and partly enters enlargement I of the head, which tensions spring F by compression. IVhen thus adjusted, a blow is given by a hammer on the side of base D, thus compressing the same and causing it to bind the pin securely in bore (Z, so that the base cannot escape therefrom, and the spring and head are thus retained 011 the pin between base D and ears 0 C. head away from the base, so that when properly turned the head will be locked on the pin by cars O O, seating in notches lb or H, and these notches are so deeply sunk in the head that the ears O O and the end of the pin will O O are freed from notches II or 72., and by 0 turning the head when so depressed either pair of notches may be brought into engage ment with the ears and the head locked parallel with the base, which is the position it should be in when the curtain is to be but- 9 5 toned or unbuttoned,or at right angles to the base, which is its position when the curtain is fastened.

By making the fastener of separate pieces and as described its construction is. cheapzoo The spring forces the 75 The spring F is completely hidden and herein-described four-part carriage curtain fastening, consisting of a base-piece havinga central bore enlarged at its outer end and a projecting flange around said bore, a headpiece having a central bore enlarged at its inner end to receive the flange of the basepiece, and having pairs of diametrically-opposite notches in its outer face at the end of the bore, with a coiled spring inclosed between the head and base in the enlargements of thebores thereof, and a pin passing through saicl held, spring, and base and rigidly secured to the base only, and having a pair of diametrically-opposite ears on its outer end adapted to engage the notches of the head and lie flush with the surface thereof when looked, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL P. SCOTT.

Vitnesses:

J. A. HEAD, M. O. GARRETT. 

